Argonne’s life cycle analysis (LCA) research supports informed decision-making across energy systems, vehicle technologies, and material supply chains. LCA results help guide research and development (R&D) priorities, shape policy and regulatory decisions, and inform industry investment strategies—advancing the development of abundant, affordable, and reliable energy solutions.
Our detailed, high-resolution LCAs provide the granularity needed to:
- Set analysis-based R&D priorities
- Identify environmental and economic opportunities and trade-offs among technologies
- Inform policies and programs with performance-based energy and environmental results
With primary support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne developed the R&D Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (R&D GREET) model and many of its derivatives. The R&D GREET model is a widely used, transparent tool for conducting LCAs of energy and material technologies across a range of sectors, including:
- Transportation (on-road, off-road, aviation, marine, rail)
- Oil and gas
- Electricity
- Manufacturing
- Buildings
Today, R&D GREET is used by more than 65,000 registered users across government agencies, industry, academia, consulting firms, and research institutions around the world. Its outputs have informed domestic and international policies programs that evaluate the energy and environmental performance of technologies.
Learn more at greet.anl.gov
